Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85294 on Public Sector: Sign Language, what expertise does the Government Digital Service have in British Sign Language to provide

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85294 on Public Sector: Sign Language, which public services have approached the Government Digital Service to seek advice on the (

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85288 on Public Sector: Sign Language, how she would define a supplier of assurance services in respect of BSL videos as deaf-led.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85288 on Public Sector: Sign Language, what deaf-led British Sign Language (BSL) suppliers are recognised to assure BSL videos, inc

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support the future roll-out of Young Futures hubs in a) Oxford East constituency, b) Oxfordshire, and c) England.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training in a) Oxford East constituency, b) Oxfordshire, and c) England.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support the roll-out of youth hubs in a) Oxford East constituency, b) Oxfordshire, and c) England.

2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what data her Department holds on the breakdown by age of the impact of changes in levels of overseas development aid.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the average length of time required for chemical (a) production and (b) processing sites to be permitted by the Environment Agency varies by region.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken for the permitting of chemical (a) production and (b) processing sites by the Environment Agency on the economy.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (i) mean, (ii) median, (iii) fastest and (iv) slowest timelines were for the permitting of chemical (a) production and (b) processing sites by the Environment Agency over the

2 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper S.221, if he will set out the timeframe for the implementation of measures against sponsors who fall short of their duties.

2 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper S.221, what specific measures are in place or being developed to tackle sponsors who fall short of their responsibilities.

2 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Migrants: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not resolving the immigration status of children in care before they turn 18.

2 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Migrants: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean and mode amounts of consolation payments are, in any years his Department has data for.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolation payments have been offered, per annum for the last ten years, to benefits claimants whose cases are mishandled or excessively delayed.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department keeps a regional breakdown of the number of consolation payments made.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to regulate the sale and purchase of private escooters.

8 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the police in taking enforcement action against the illegal use of (a) ebikes and (b) escooters.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Areas: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she intends to publish the Government's formal response to the consultation on pavement parking published on 31 August 2020.

5 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Human Rights: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incorporate transnational repression into the UK’s human rights reporting frameworks.

5 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess and prevent the transnational repression of Sudanese nationals and their families.

5 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on incidents of transnational repression.

4 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure access of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to conduct an investigation in Sudan.

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether fire services are classified as safety-critical work for the purposes of the HSE's classification of 12-hour shifts as undesirable for such work.

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made any assessment of the impact on family life of twelve hour shifts within the fire service.

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of fires attended by fire services affecting i) heritage sites ii) tower blocks and iii) HMOs during a) the night hours and b)

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the a) fatality and b) injury rate of fires attended by fire services during the night hours compared with fires during daytimes.

2 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Landmines

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a child-focused victim-assistance component of any demining funding for Sudan to support (a) prosth

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